Juve, Barca primed for Champions treble clash

Both Juventus and Barcelona are looking to cap fantastic seasons by completing rare trebles when they meet in the Champions League final at Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Saturday.

Curry spices up Warriors' OT triumph

After an eight-day break, the NBA's top teams and biggest stars put on quite a show.

Safarova eyes upset of ailing Serena

Serena Williams takes on Lucie Safarova in the French Open final on Saturday and the odds, on paper and also by the stats, are hugely in the American's favor.

Porridge is Lucie's secret weapon

Lucie Safarova is hoping that a diet of porridge and a cheery outlook on life can propel her to a first Grand Slam title at the relatively advanced age of 28.

Heat brings water shortage as death toll tops 1,800

Dizzying temperatures have killed hundreds more Indians over the past day, causing water shortages in thousands of villages and driving the death toll from a weekslong heat wave to at least 1,826 by Friday.

Island residents evacuated after volcano's eruption

A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on Friday, spewing black clouds of ash and rock into the sky and prompting authorities to tell residents to evacuate the island.

Thai official says upsurge of boat people 'alarming'

Thailand's foreign minister said on Friday that the upsurge of boat people in Southeast Asia has reached an "alarming level", and urged governments in the region to address the root causes of the crisis, a reference to the swelling number of refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar.

US National Spelling Bee ends in tie for 2nd year

They couldn't be rattled. They couldn't be denied. Indian-Americans Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar had worked too hard and come close too many times not to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Alleged Nazi war criminal dies in Quebec

The second-most-wanted man on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of Nazi war criminals - charged this month by Russia with genocide - has died at age 93, his lawyer said.

Immigration talk toughens ahead of election

"Unwanted" and "uncivilized" - foreigners are sometimes shocked by the blunt tone of Denmark's debate on Muslim immigration, and with a general election around the corner, politicians show no sign of toning it down.

Hundreds seek safety from Texas floods; severe weather kills 17

Hundreds of people fled areas near Texas rivers that overflowed their banks on Thursday as the state reeled from severe storms this week that killed at least 17 people, flooded cities and set a record for the wettest month.

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